A controversial new third-party website called Intlist has appeared, offering actual cash rewards to players who sabotage matches in Marvel Rivals. This vigilante-style platform allows users to place “bounties” on specific individuals, paying others to jump into Marvel Rivals games and deliberately throw them in an attempt to harass the target.
The emergence of such a site highlights a growing friction within the Marvel Rivals community regarding game integrity and player behavior. Since its launch, the hero shooter from NetEase has faced constant criticism from its player base over “throwers”—players who intentionally lose or stop participating to spite their team. On community hubs like Reddit, fans have complained for months that the current punishment systems are far too weak, leading to a toxic environment where competitive integrity feels secondary to griefing.
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Vigilante Justice or Organized Harassment?
The platform, Intlist.org, recently went live with the claim that it is simply filling a void left by the developers. The site was co-founded by a former professional player known as EchoRivals, who argues that if NetEase actually banned griefers and fixed matchmaking, the site wouldn’t need to exist. On its official social media channels, Intlist frames its mission as a way to “protect” ranked games, stating that the developers “won’t punish griefers” and therefore the community must take matters into its own hands.
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However, the logic behind the site has been met with heavy skepticism. Placing a bounty on a “thrower” by paying someone else to throw a match only results in more ruined games for the other innocent teammates involved. Instead of cleaning up the competitive ladder, the site appears to be doubling the amount of toxicity in any given match, turning high-level play into a paid marketplace for griefing.
The most alarming aspect of the story is who the site is actually targeting. Despite claiming to hunt down “griefers,” many of the bounties are actually placed on high-profile streamers and professional players. According to Kotaku, popular creator and pro player Jay3 was listed on the site with a $7 bounty on his head. Fandomwire reports that the list is populated by many “One Above All” ranked players—the highest tier in the game—suggesting the platform is being used for targeted harassment against successful players rather than actual justice.
Many of these listings include sensitive information, such as Twitch handles, which makes it easier for “bounty hunters” to track when their targets are queuing for a match. While the site founders claim this is “not a green light to harass,” the community isn’t buying it. Players on Reddit have expressed outrage, claiming that there is even a “Saudi millionaire” allegedly funding some of these bounties to target specific individuals, creating a chaotic environment where no one at the top of the leaderboard is safe.
The rise of Intlist seems to be a direct response to the Marvel Rivals community’s frustration with NetEase’s current moderation. On the marvelrivals subreddit, the sentiment is overwhelmingly negative toward the current penalty system. One player pointed out that the current “best” punishment for throwing a match is often just a 15-minute ban. Others noted that this timer even continues to run while the game is closed, meaning a player can throw a game, go to bed, and be unbanned by the time they wake up.
This perceived lack of consequence has led to a feeling of hopelessness among competitive players. Some users compared NetEase’s attempt to stop throwing to “trying to stop a flood with a paper towel,” especially since a single thrower can cost an entire team roughly 27 points in ranked play while only facing a tiny timeout. This “slap on the wrist” approach is exactly what Intlist is exploiting to gain support, even if its methods are widely condemned for making the problem worse.
The situation took a turn for the worse recently when the site was forced to go offline. Founder EchoRivals announced on Discord that Intlist suffered “unauthorized access,” which led to the exposure of several email addresses linked to the platform. The site is currently down for “maintenance,” though the founders claim they are using the time to “cook a few things” for a future update.
Meanwhile, the community is calling for NetEase to take a “blunt-force” approach to this problem. Users are demanding that the developers issue permanent bans to anyone associated with these bounty sites. Some fans argue that NetEase’s all-or-nothing ban system in Marvel Rivals is precisely why players are so frustrated, as minor penalties aren’t enough to stop dedicated trolls.
While it looks like NetEase is under immense pressure to act, whether it will actually dismantle these problematic sites remains an open question for the community. For now, the exact solution needed to fix the Marvel Rival’s moderation issues seems far off, leaving players to navigate a ranked ladder where the person next to them might literally be getting paid to lose.
- Released
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December 6, 2024
- ESRB
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T For Teen // Violence
- Developer(s)
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NetEase Games
- Publisher(s)
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NetEase Games
